The
Missouri state capitol rotunda was a fitting place for the rally.
The inscriptions, carved in stone when it was built in about
1919, reminded us that our forefathers weren't ashamed to
acknowledge God! (The inscription here is, “The earth
is the Lord's and the fullness thereof.”Psalm
24:1)

Missouri's10
Commandments Faith and Freedom Rally Huge Success!

Saturday,
Nov. 22, 2003An estimated 1000 people crowded into
the rotunda of Missouri's capitol building Saturday to help kick
off a nation wide effort to deal with the judicial tyranny that
plagues America. At least 47 other capitols were the scenes of
similar events. If those other state's rallies were anything like
ours, there must be at least 50,000 God fearing Americans who are
fired up and ready to take these activists judges head on!

The
primary objective of the rally was to launch a petition drive to
promote federal legislation which would limit the jurisdiction of
federal courts where religious matters are concerned. Any
reasonable interpretation of the constitution includes an
understanding that federal courts have no jurisdiction when first
amendment issues arise on the state level. While it would
appropriate for a federal court to intervene when a federal
bureaucracy was infringing on religious liberty, the constitution
leaves it up to the states to deal with their internal issues.

Thomas
Jefferson explained it this way:Our
citizens have wisely formed themselves into one nation as to
others and several States as among themselves. To the united
nation belong our external and mutual relations; to each State,
severally, the care of our persons, our property, our reputation
and religious freedom." -- Thomas Jefferson: To Rhode
Island Assembly, 1801

The
things most precious to us Jefferson said, are to be protected
not by the federal government, but by our own states! This wasn't
just his preference – its the way it was, constitutionally,
and is the way it should be once again. The
legislation the petition calls for will make this abundantly
clear to the courts today and for generations to come.

The
petition reads, in part::

The lack of
constitutional restraint on the courts and lack of congressional
checks upon their power have led the federal judiciary to be a
real and present danger to our religious freedom.

Therefore
we, the people of this nation and the States, demand that
Congress, and you as our representative, fulfill your
constitutional duty and stop these habitual transgressions of the
supreme law of the land by limiting the appellate jurisdiction of
the federal courts in accordance with Article 3 of the
Constitution. We demand that Congress pass legislation that will
prohibit the federal courts from taking cases that would in any
way regulate, restrict or prohibit religious speech or activity
in the States.

We
respectfully demand, as your constituents and fellow citizens,
that you sponsor or co-sponsor legislation that will effect this
immediately.

Click
here
to download a pdf version of the full petition. You can sign it
and mail it in to the address at the bottom of the form. Pass
copies on to your friends, too.